My point is that there are good reasons that our culture traditionally has treated journalism as a 'noble profession', in that it is a necessary component of a

My point is that there are good reasons that our culture traditionally has treated journalism as a 'noble profession', in that it is a necessary component of a functioning democracy with the ability to disrupt entrenched power structures and make truth known. I'm highly skeptical of 'new journalism's focus on the emotional reaction people are having to a piece of news rather than context, impact, and analysis. I think that this new style of journalism does not accomplish 'speaking truth to power' and further often serves to amplify voices that reinforce the views of the most powerful. Being a PR-mouthpiece is not noble. Thus, I think it is harmful to refer to 'new journalism' as journalism because it is quite distinct in both nature and effect, as it blurs the lines between something regressive and something noble.